[cma-l] SSDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present, Future. University of Bedfordshire, Luton - Saturday 25th March, 11am to 4pm

Mon Mar 13 09:59:58 GMT 2017

Dear All

Just a quick question here ….. is there something wrong with this event ??     I have now received about 15 reminders and here we are just over a week away and another reminder. It might be genuine, but I’m just interested in the amount of reminders ?

Are the numbers down ?

I won’t be attending for a number of reasons, one of them being that once all this is set up (if)   we wouldn’t be able to afford it anyway …. The otherside of the argument I suppose is like in a Restaurant     ‘’you can have a look at the menu even though you’re not eating’’                        as for Mr Hancocks statement ….. I think it speaks volumes, unless of course it is a mis-quote and he means    200 Community Stations ??               any ideas ?

Nick / Third Fiddle FM

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SDAB & Community Radio: Past, Present, Future

University of Bedfordshire, Luton - Saturday 25th March, 11am to 4pm

This FREE event is for community radio stations, commercial radio broadcasters and individuals interested in small-scale digital audio broadcasting (SSDAB) and community media. 

Find out what has been happening so far with this transformational technology and what’s next for radio stations and the sector as a whole.

The programme:

*	The story so far - hear from participants in Ofcom’s technical trial

*	What’s happening now with the legislation and the upcoming consultation

*	Where we go from here - funding SSDAB, innovative business models, broadcast content, how to make SSDAB work for community radio

*	Networking with industry professionals

Book here: https://ssdab-community-radio-past-present-future.eventbrite.co.uk/

Hear from practitioners and influencers in small-scale DAB and air your views, share your thoughts, explore the issues and ask questions. Speakers include:

*	Steve Buckley, SheffieldLive (innovative business models and multiplex funding)

*	David Duffy, Niocast (a commercial perspective)

*	Ash Elford, Angel Radio Ltd (pushing the technology)

*	Lawrie Hallett, Future Digital Norfolk (a community radio perspective)

*	Daniel Nathan, Juice 102.2, Brighton (the first licensed mini-multiplex)

*	Ian O’Neill OBE Head of Radio; Head of Television, DCMS (SSDAB legislation)

More speakers to be announced shortly.

“This [SSDAB] technology could open up a new, local dimension in digital radio. We’re confident that a UK-wide roll-out of these stations would be technically possible and commercially viable. Our trials have enabled groups of community and local commercial radio stations to work together, enabling new stations to serve local communities right across the UK". Neil Stock, Ofcom’s Director of Broadcast Licensing.

“Currently, about 200 smaller commercial radio stations covering small markets and 244 commercial radio stations transmitting mainly on FM and medium wave are not broadcasting on digital radio”. Matt Hancock, Minister of State for Digital and Culture, Hansard, 13th January 2017.

Book here: https://ssdab-community-radio-past-present-future.eventbrite.co.uk/